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The end of the 2024 calendar year means that, for the world’s biggest wheat exporter Russia, the 2024/25 marketing year is now almost halfway through and some big shifts in Russian export dynamics are already becoming obvious, Fastmarkets analysis of Russian export data shows.
31 Dec 2024 | Regina Koh
Policy shifts will likely dominate palm oil price movements in 2025 even more so than in 2024, as a pair of legislative changes are expected from Indonesia and from the US, while supply and demand are expected to maintain a similar dynamic in 2025 as they did in 2024.
31 Dec 2024 | Veronika Prykhodko
Global used cooking oil (UCO) prices were highly volatile throughout 2024 amid market uncertainty, trade flow and policy changes, with market sources expecting the prices to increase further in 2025, pushed up by higher demand and increased biofuel production obligations.
31 Dec 2024 | Regina Koh
The Indonesian government has set its crude palm oil (CPO) reference price for January 2025 at $1,059.54 per tonne, according to a trade ministry notice issued on Tuesday December 31.
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Wheat Commentary
4 hours ago
US wheat futures advanced for the second day on Tuesday January 7 on signs of continued robust demand for the country’s exports, while the attention of market participants began to shift to an upcoming USDA report on global supply and demand.
Corn Commentary
3 hours ago
US corn futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange reflected minor declines by early Tuesday January 7 afternoon.
Soybean Commentary
3 hours ago
Soybean futures were virtually stable on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday January 7, with rain expected over Brazil and Argentina in the second half of January while clashing forces on derivate and external markets pointed nowhere.
Vegoils Commentary
4 hours ago
Vegoils price moves were mixed on Tuesday January 7. Crude palm oil (CPO) prices rebounded from the previous day’s losses to end the day higher, while soyoil futures in the Commodities Mercantile Exchange rose further from gains made in the previous session.
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Editor's Pick
10 Dec 2024 | Eduardo Tinti
Futures across the soy complex in Chicago reacted mildly to the USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report released late in the session on Tuesday December 10, with little changes to global balance sheets and an anticipated increase in US soyoil export figures.
10 Dec 2024 | Marcela Caetano
The US Department of Agriculture has kept its US soybean ending stocks estimate unchanged while increasing its global forecast, the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report showed on Tuesday December 10.
10 Dec 2024 | Mark Shenk
The US Department of Agriculture reduced its estimates for US wheat ending stocks for the 2024/25 marketing year, while bolstering export projections and slightly increasing its global stocks forecast.
10 Dec 2024 | Jocelyn Garcia
The USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report update released on Tuesday December 10 highlights key changes to the US corn outlook, including increased usage (ethanol production as well as food, seed and industrial use), higher exports and reduced ending stocks.
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31 Dec 2024 | Regina Koh
Policy shifts will likely dominate palm oil price movements in 2025 even more so than in 2024, as a pair of legislative changes are expected from Indonesia and from the US, while supply and demand are expected to maintain a similar dynamic in 2025 as they did in 2024.
31 Dec 2024 | Regina Koh
The Indonesian government has set its crude palm oil (CPO) reference price for January 2025 at $1,059.54 per tonne, according to a trade ministry notice issued on Tuesday December 31.
The end of the 2024 calendar year means that, for the world’s biggest wheat exporter Russia, the 2024/25 marketing year is now almost halfway through and some big shifts in Russian export dynamics are already becoming obvious, Fastmarkets analysis of Russian export data shows.
31 Dec 2024 | Veronika Prykhodko
Global used cooking oil (UCO) prices were highly volatile throughout 2024 amid market uncertainty, trade flow and policy changes, with market sources expecting the prices to increase further in 2025, pushed up by higher demand and increased biofuel production obligations.
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3 hours ago | Marcela Caetano
Brazilian soymeal exports reached a record 23.1 million tonnes in 2024, up by 2.9% year on year from 22.47 million tonnes, while wheat exports increased by 20.3% in 2024. Soybean and corn exports, however, declined, the country's customs data showed on Monday January 6.
5 hours ago | Jocelyn Garcia
Sentiment among US agricultural producers drifted lower in December, with the Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer falling 9 points to 136.
6 hours ago | Sam Balf
The EU’s weekly wheat exports amounted to 122,304 tonnes in the week ended January 5, according to initial data from the European Commission released on Tuesday January 7.
6 hours ago | Fastmarkets team
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7 hours ago | Eoin Hughes
The EU imported 117,831 tonnes of soybeans in the week ended Sunday January 5, pushing the marketing-year total to 6.96 million tonnes, up by 12% year on year, based on preliminary data from the European Commission.
7 hours ago | Sam Balf
Algerian state feed importer ONAB has issued a tender for 240,000 tonnes of corn on Monday January 6, sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday January 7.
With the 2024/25 marketing year at its halfway mark, grain exports from Ukraine continue to surprise even as the country faces the prospect of entering its a third year since Russia began its brutal, full-scale invasion in February 2022.
9 hours ago | Devora Nedyalkova
Jordan’s state grain importer has booked 60,000 tonnes of milling wheat for shipment in the first half of March, trade sources told Fastmarkets on Tuesday January 7.
13 hours ago | Min Jie Yaw
Malaysia exported more palm oil for the entirety of 2024 compared with 2023 levels, excluding shipments of used cooking oil (UCO), soft oil and coconut oil, according to data from cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services (ITS).